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  • Angels & Man by rafael nicolás

    Angels & Man by rafael nicolás

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    A Queer Retelling of the Watcher's FloodThe angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion.The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory...
  • Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Fool Me Twice by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The epic, heart-wrenching conclusion to the Court of Pain duology. Spanning four courts, devious and doomed royals, and the most unlikely of loves between a prince and his fool.They say in the darkest of times, the brightest star has no choice but to shine.I’m no star, nor am I a hero. But I could be the villain. To protect Arin from Razak’s scheming, I’ll have to be...
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  • 千秋 [Qian Qiu] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    千秋 [Qian Qiu] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    晏无师是从尸山血海里走过来的人。他不相信人性本善,更不相信这世上会有大仁大义,不求回报为别人着想的人。某日,有天下第一道门之称的玄都山掌教沈峤与人约战,却因故坠下山崖。晏无师正好从下面路过。看到重伤濒死的沈峤,他忽然生出一个绝妙的主意……千秋之后,谁能不朽?**THIS ENTRY IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE WEBNOVEL NOT THE PHYSICAL EDITIONS OR EBOOKS**"Thousand Autumns"Yan Wushi had walked a path full of blood and corpses.He did not believe in the good nature of humanity...
  • 千秋 [Qian Qiu] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    千秋 [Qian Qiu] by Meng Xi Shi, 梦溪石

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    晏无师是从尸山血海里走过来的人。他不相信人性本善,更不相信这世上会有大仁大义,不求回报为别人着想的人。某日,有天下第一道门之称的玄都山掌教沈峤与人约战,却因故坠下山崖。晏无师正好从下面路过。看到重伤濒死的沈峤,他忽然生出一个绝妙的主意……千秋之后,谁能不朽?**THIS ENTRY IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE WEBNOVEL NOT THE PHYSICAL EDITIONS OR EBOOKS**"Thousand Autumns"Yan Wushi had walked a path full of blood and corpses.He did not believe in the good nature of humanity...
  • 论救错反派的下场 Mistakenly Saving the Villain by Feng Yu Nie, 凤羽涅

    论救错反派的下场 Mistakenly Saving the Villain by Feng Yu Nie, 凤羽涅

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    Professor System has issued a mission: to rescue the gentle, kind and tragic protagonist shou of the novel “The Exceptional Furnace”.Song ‘Scholar-Tyrant’ Qingshi: “Don’t worry, Professor! I can definitely ensure the patient’s recovery!”In the Immortal Realm:Song Qingshi praised from the bottom of his heart: “My patient is the kindest and most beautiful little angel in the world...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  historical  dark  m-m  angst  mystery  captive
  • New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    New York Minute (In These Words: Prequel) by Kichiku Neko, Suzume

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In These Words prequel that takes the readers back to a newly NY State employed Dr. Asano Katsuya. The 27 year-old had never sought company until one Christmas day Katsuya finally gave into the charm of a homicide detective at the Manhattan Precint...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  fantasy  length-novella
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 5 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 5 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off.It’s the annual class trip, and Azusa is assigned to the same group as Atsumu and Kuze...
    Categorized as:
    queer  abuse  from hate to love  dark  m-m  rape  high-school  fantasy
  • A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Even a king gets stung when he reaches for a scorpion.After barely surviving an assassination attempt, King Adrastes is a changed man—one who mistrusts even his allies and friends. He readies his Empire for war against an enigmatic enemy, the Elder of Vededrin, but not everyone approves...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  suspense  mystery  dark
  • Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Lying with Scorpions by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    If you lie with scorpions, you’d better have a taste for poison.Now that Kendras’s lover Adrastes has claimed the throne of Dalman, Kendras is tangled deeper than ever in politics and intrigue. As the new leader of the Scorpions and Adrastes’s one true friend, he and his men stand between Adrastes and those who wish him dead.And many do...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  dark  suspense  war
  • The Beauty's Brother by Leon Hart

    The Beauty's Brother by Leon Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The castle is cursed. The servants are losing their humanity and memory. Crow, a young man surprisingly resistant to the curse, is their only connection to the outside world, observing as a bird. Helene is the latest girl obtained for breaking the spell. Her belligerent brother, Roi, is being held hostage to keep her obedient...
  • The German by Lee Thomas

    The German by Lee Thomas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the height of World War II, a killer preys on the young men of a quiet Texas town. The murders are calculated, vicious, and they are just beginning. Sheriff Tom Rabbit and his men are baffled and the community he serves is terrified of the monster lurking their streets. The only clues the killer leaves behind are painted snuffboxes containing notes written in German...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  suspense  war  fantasy  dark
  • The German by Lee Thomas

    The German by Lee Thomas

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Set during the height of World War II, The German examines the effect a series of ritualistic murders has on a small, Texas community. A killer preys on the young men of Barnard, Texas, leaving cryptic notes written in German. As the panic builds all eyes turn toward a quiet man with secrets of his own, who is trying to escape a violent past.Ernst Lang fled Germany in 1934...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  historical  m-m  suspense  war  fantasy  dark
  • A Royal Affair by John Wiltshire

    A Royal Affair by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Royal Affair: Book One Doctor Nikolai Hartmann represents himself as a learned man of science who believes wholly in the rational and scientific above all else. In reality, he is a man haunted by an unusual past and running from his own nature...
  • Endgame by Jaye Pratt

    Endgame by Jaye Pratt

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Even after the death of Mr. Z, he still manages to screw me from the grave.One letter was all it took to irrevocably change my life forever. It not only changes the course of my future, but also for those I am close to.Ending Mr. Z’s life should have made things easier, yet his death has revealed so many more secrets and lies, and unleashed new enemies that were once allies...
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 3 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 3 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off. Karino’s older half brother Tatsumi is a proper honor student, diligently and obediently following the path laid out for him by others...
    Categorized as:
    queer  dark  m-m  from hate to love  abuse  high-school  rape  suspense
  • The Goblin Twins by Kit Barrie

    The Goblin Twins by Kit Barrie

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    What do you do when you have nothing to give and everything to lose?Twin goblin princes Shi’chen and A’bbni Er-Ha’sen did not ever plan to take the Emperor’s throne. Older twin Shi’chen is a military prodigy, and younger twin A’bbni is studying to be a physician...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  m-m  hurt-comfort  dark  new adult  open-door  rape
  • The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    The Painter Knight by Fiona Patton

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE PASSING OF THE FLAMESimon, the Court Painter of Branion, was the closest friend of the kingdom's ruler. Aristok Marsellus the Third...
    Categorized as:
    queer  military  fantasy  m-m  high fantasy  historical  bisexual  dark
  • Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Caste Heaven, Vol. 2 by Chise Ogawa

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Today’s top could be tomorrow’s bottom when playing the caste game!School is hard enough as it is, but when students are forced to play a cutthroat game to determine their social ranks—and subsequent treatment—all bets are off. Atsumu, a regular target of the school bullies, has had a rough life...
    Categorized as:
    queer  abuse  dark  m-m  high-school  contemporary  rape  fantasy
  • Scorpion by Aleksandr Voinov

    Scorpion by Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Kendras is a casualty of war: injured, penniless, and quite possibly the last surviving member of the only family he’s ever had—the elite fighting force known as the Scorpions. When a steel-eyed mercenary offers him medicine and shelter in exchange for submission and a secret task, Kendras has no choice but to accept. He is a Scorpion; he’ll do whatever it takes to survive...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  historical  dark  war  abuse
  • We're All Mad Here by Richard Rider

    We're All Mad Here by Richard Rider

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A golden afternoon, a nightmare, and how sometimes you can only make sense of a thing through the looking-glass. (A Stockholm Syndrome short story...
    Categorized as:
    queer  m-m  contemporary  dark  bdsm  fantasy  age difference
  • A Hyacinth for His Hideousness by Tharah Meester

    A Hyacinth for His Hideousness by Tharah Meester

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Following a public humiliation, Hyacinth Black is on the verge of being beaten to death by his father. Of all people, the man who is commonly referred to as ‘Your Hideousness’ comes to his defence; but his intervention has a price. Hyacinth must marry his rescuer...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  m-m  mystery  fantasy  age difference  dark  regency
  • Betrayal by J.C. Owens

    Betrayal by J.C. Owens

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets, madness, lies…and a love forged in the flames of betrayal. Imprisoned, starved and abused by his captors, Darcel finds his only escape in the depths of madness. But he’s tormented by his own demons, who taunt him with the memories of his past and of his beloved prince, Alasar of Rais. The man who condemned him to this prison for killing the enemy’s high king...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  m-m  fantasy  abuse  dark  historical  slavery
  • Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A bloody past haunts him. A devastating present calls him back…Nao hides from his violent past in the Japanese mob by opening a teahouse in Japan's cultural center, Kyoto. His past comes flooding back when he discovers a gravely injured man with a tattooed chest, a bloody knife, and a Korean business card.Saehyun would've died if not for Nao's help...
  • The Blind Concubine (Xia NiangNiang) [瞎娘娘] by Xi Ni

    The Blind Concubine (Xia NiangNiang) [瞎娘娘] by Xi Ni

    Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A blind concubine lives in the cold palace. The blind concubine has a snow white cat. Day after day, year after year, he lives quietly in the courtyard of the cold palace. It is as if he has already been forgotten by the entire imperial palace...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  abuse  angst  fantasy  m-m  mystery  dark
  • Belovéd 3956 by Yamila Abraham

    Belovéd 3956 by Yamila Abraham

    Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The demigod Malachi discovers that his Belovéd enemy, the avatar Jace, has been kidnapped by a barbaric land. The maniacal rulers of Ridlen have driven his Belovéd insane. Only one goal has been hammered into his tormented mind: to kill Malachi.This is a nonsequential series. Every episode stands alone as a singular story. Episodes are not published in a linear sequence...
  • The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    The Interludes by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The Interludes is an anthology of stand alone stories that exist between Book #2 (Afterimage) and Book #4 (Fade) of the In The Company of Shadows series. This anthology contains key plot points and major development of characters and relationships that cannot be missed...
  • No Paths Are Bound by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    No Paths Are Bound by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Book III is chapters 89-180...
    Categorized as:
    queer  demons  historical  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  dark  magic
  • Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Fade by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Years after the bombs of WWIII have changed the physical and political landscape, the Agency ruthlessly works behind the scenes to take down rebel groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means. Hsin Liu Vega (Sin) is their most efficient and deadly assassin ever...
  • Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Afterimage by Santino Hassell, Ais

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In the Company of Shadows is a series about two people who are thrown together as partners in a secret agency; their mission is to disband rebels who have propagated in a post-war future, but they have to deal with everything that comes with an unlikely partnership as well...
    Categorized as:
    military  queer  war  mystery  suspense  fantasy  erotica  futuristic
  • Cornucopia by Alek L. Cristea

    Cornucopia by Alek L. Cristea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    As with each of the Fractured Cities, Cornucopia is a world unto itself. A place where faith makes magic and magic makes faith. A place of excess and obsession, where the only sin is a life of less, of moderation. But here in Cornucopia, moderation isn't just a sin, it's also a place...
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